Lawsuit claims Humble girl lost part of thumb at Schlitterbahn

Chronicle Staf, Houston Chronicle

Compiled by Chronicle Staff

Updated 4:27 pm, Sunday, October 7, 2012

Sam Morrill, a life guard with Schlitterbahn Waterpark shows kids how to swim during in the World's Largest Swim Lesson during Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Galveston. The event is a part of a world wide event to the Guinness Book of Records. Melissa White, of Schlitterbahn Waterpark, said the world wide event involves 19 countries and that drowning is the second leading cause of death for people ages one to 14. ( Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle )

A Humble girl lost part of her thumb in a wave pool at Schlitterbahn in Galveston and is now suing the water park, court records show.

The family of Serenity C. Davis is suing the water park for negligence after the alleged accident on Aug. 25, according to the suit filed in a Galveston court on Thursday.

The suit claims that the young girl, whose age is not identified in the suit, was waiting near the wave pool's wall when she felt her hand being pulled into a vent on the wall, the Galveston County Daily News reported. Other swimmers helped pull her hand from the suction, but part of her thumb was no longer attached, the newspaper reported.

Houston attorney David Horowitz, who is representing Davis, told the newspaper that the preteen lost the part of her thumb down to the knuckle.

The lawsuit accuses the water park of creating unsafe conditions that posed an unreasonable risk of harm and seeks unspecified damages to cover medical expenses, pain and suffering, disfigurement and physical impairment, the report said.

KTRK Channel 13 reported that a Schlitterbahn spokesman did not comment on the lawsuit.